POPULAR's National Drawing Competition Finals *16 NOV 09*

I got an invitation to be one of the judges for POPULAR's National Drawing Competition. We had to select Grand Prize, 2nd Prize, 3rd Prize winners out of 39 winning entries from 13 states! We debated. we argued. it was fun=D

'Sao Feng' Digital Painting.

This is my first attempt at digital painting using a wacom tablet with Photoshop and Painter. Took me a little over a week to complete this, working only at nights=D

For a larger view, visit:
http://johnhoys.deviantart.com/gallery/

MPH 1Utama Booksigning & Live Drawing-Halloween Day=)

Popular Ikano Booksigning *24th Oct*=)

Coincidence or Rip-off. What do you think?

The IPCC Digital Interactive Comic Competition 2009 announced it's grant winners on 30th July. These comics are 'works in progress' and one of the entries titled 'The Returning' featured a scene with four characters venturing into the unknown. Just take a closer look at it and compare it to this page from the short story 'Fright House' from my graphic novel Scary Ever After...



See the similiarities?

Note the vertical composition...the characters are positioned in the exact same poses, from the man holding the flashlight in front to the character in the back tugging at the arm of the second character from the back...it's an exact copy!

Haha. So this is what it feels like to be ripped-off. =p

Magazine Article Gig - Interviewing the legendary Mark Waid!=)

The Quill Magazine (24 Oct-1 Nov 2009)-Singapore Writers Festival. This gig was loads of fun...not only did i get to interview DC and Marvel Comics Writer; Mark Waid, but i also get to be on the Contributors page with these incredibly talented writers!

Painting of Ezekiel's Vision.

Ezekiel 1

¹Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

²In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

³The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

⁴And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

⁵Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

⁶And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

⁷And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.

⁸And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

⁹Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

¹⁰As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

¹¹Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

¹²And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

¹³As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

¹⁴And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

¹⁵Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

¹⁶The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

¹⁷When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.

¹⁸As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

¹⁹And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

²⁰Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

²¹When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

²²And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

²³And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

²⁴And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

²⁵And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

²⁶And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

²⁷And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

²⁸As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

Galaxie 17-31 August - Interview Article with Gordon Kho! =_=

Magazine Interviews.:)

As interviews go, no one was more relentless and meticulous in detail than SH Lim. He likes to come prepared, being the perfectionist journalist that he is. He was also gracious in sharing his thoughts about narrative to a newcomer like myself.




One for the album!


Interview & review by SH Lim for Time Out KL Magazine *August 2009*. Incidentally, this article turned out to be my favourite so far!


Another interview article by Quill magazine *July 2009*.